2. Smilax Tamnifolia Michx. Halberd-Leaved Smilax

Glabrous, herbaceous; stem and branches terete or obtusely angled, unarmed. Petioles 1/2'-1 1/2' the sheath tendril-bearing, very short or none; leaves coriaceous, mostly ovate-hastate, with broad obtuse lobes at the base, slightly narrowed at about the middle, acute, obtuse or acuminate at the apex, truncate or subcordate at the base, entire, green on both sides, 1 1/4'-3' long, 1/2'-2' wide, 5-7-nerved; peduncles 1-3 from the same axil, 1'-4' long, usually much longer than the leaves, often flattening in drying; umbels 10-30-flowered; pedicels 2"-3 long; segments of the staminate flowers slightly pubescent; filaments 1-2 times as long as the anthers; berries black, 2"-3" in diameter, 1-3-seeded.

In dry soil. Long Island to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Tennessee. May-July.

3. Smilax Ecirrhata (Engelm.) S. Wats. Upright Smilax

Stem herbaceous, glabrous, simple, erect, 6'-2° tall. Tendrils none, or sometimes present on the uppermost petioles; leaves often whorled at the summit of the stem, ovate, acute, obtuse, cuspidate or acuminate at the apex, rounded or cordate at the base, thin, 5-9-nerved, 2 1/2'-5 1/2' long, 1 1/4'-4' wide, sometimes larger, more or less pubescent beneath and erose-denticulate on the margins; petioles io"-i8" long; peduncles long, often pubescent; staminate flowers commonly not more than 25 in the umbels; pedicels 2"-5" long; anthers shorter than the filaments or equalling them.